netdev - Re: [PATCH] i40e: remove unnecessary _

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Message-Id: <20161119.214740.728792132654733676.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2016 21:47:40 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tushar.n.dave@...cle.com
Cc:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i40e: remove unnecessary __packed

From: Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@...cle.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:53:58 -0800

> 'struct i40e_dma_mem' defined with 'packed' directive causing kernel
> unaligned errors on sparc.

I really wish people would get out of the habit of just slapping
the __packed attribute onto structures seemingly by default.